Scumble River Mysteries
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  • 1
    Murder of a Small-Town Honey: A Scumble River Mystery, Book 1 | Denise Swanson
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    Murder of a Small-Town Honey: A Scumble River Mystery, Book 1

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    • By Denise Swanson
    • Narrated By Christine Leto
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    When Skye Denison left Scumble River years ago, she swore she'd never return. But after a bout with her boyfriend and credit card rejection, she's back to home sweet - homicide....

    Love this Series!

    I'm so excited that Audible is going to put the first books in this series online. They are a fun light listen and I really like the characters. The..Show More »

    Reviewed on Dec 13 2012 by Martha Orosz (Fairfield, CT USA)
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    Murder of a Sweet Old Lady: A Scumble River Mystery, Book 2 | Denise Swanson
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    Murder of a Sweet Old Lady: A Scumble River Mystery, Book 2

    • UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 40 mins)
    • By Denise Swanson
    • Narrated By Christine Leto
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    When she left Scumble River years ago, school psychologist Skye Denison thought she’d never be back. But after a run of bad luck in the big city, she has a new appreciation for the down-home charm of small-town life - and decides to start over in the town where she started out… When Skye’s beloved grandmother is found dead in her bed, the family consensus is natural causes. Still, Skye insists on an autopsy - an examination that proves the sweet old lady was, in fact, murdered! But who could have done the deadly deed?

    Murdering a family member? Spooky...
    Reviewed on Apr 01 2013 by Jully (Tainan, Taiwan)
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    Murder of a Sleeping Beauty: A Scumble River Mystery, Book 3 | Denise Swanson
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    Murder of a Sleeping Beauty: A Scumble River Mystery, Book 3

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    • By Denise Swanson
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    When school psychologist Skye Denison investigates the death of a popular teenager who was cast as Sleeping Beauty in the school play, she uncovers some shocking revelations about prominent Scumble River citizens. And even ever-optimistic Skye knows that in this case, finding the killer won't end this tale happily-end-after....

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    Murder of a Snake in the Grass: A Scumble River Mystery | Denise Swanson
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    Murder of a Snake in the Grass: A Scumble River Mystery

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    Skye Denison and the rest of Scumble River is celebrating its bicentennial in style - with reenactments, a bingo tent, and a coal-tossing contest. Best of all, the guest of honor is the town founder's great-great-grandnephew, Gabriel Scumble. But his visit turns out to be short-lived when he is found dead. The murder weapon: a pickax. Meanwhile, Skye's ex-fiancée is back in town. But is he here simply to create turmoil in her love life...or does he have a connection to Gabriel's death?

    just who was the snake
    Reviewed on Feb 09 2013 by Bonnie (Cape Coral, FL, United States)
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    Murder of a Barbie and Ken: A Scumble River Mystery, Book 5 | Denise Swanson
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    Murder of a Barbie and Ken: A Scumble River Mystery, Book 5

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    In search of a social life in Scumble River, Skye Denison has recently joined the GUMBettes - the ladies auxiliary of the men's Grand Union of the Mighty Bulls. Now she and her boyfriend Simon hobnob with the upwardly mobile professionals in town. But when a seemingly perfect couple is murdered, Skye discovers that success doesn't equal survival....

    A cozy mystery
    Reviewed on Mar 04 2013 by Amy Shanks (Myrtle Beach, SC, US)
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    Murder of a Pink Elephant: A Scumble River Mystery, Book 6 | Denise Swanson
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    Murder of a Pink Elephant: A Scumble River Mystery, Book 6

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    When Skye Denison's brother forms a band called Pink Elephant, the town goes wild-maybe too wild. First, a groupie turns stalker, seducing the band members one by one. Then, one of the Pink Elephants winds up murdered. Who's to blame? Everyone seems to think it's the drummer - and now Skye has to clear her brother's name.

    Love this series, light entertainment
    Reviewed on Apr 27 2013 by Bonnie (Cape Coral, FL, United States)
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    Murder of a Smart Cookie: A Scumble River Mystery, Book 8 | Denise Swanson
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    Murder of a Smart Cookie: A Scumble River Mystery, Book 8

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    Yard sales can bring out the worst in people. So when Scumble River school psychologist Skye Denison organizes a 100-mile yard sale, otherwise neighborly folk get downright nasty: her own mother creams a woman, and a battle of the sexes breaks out. But when her former boss is found murdered, nobody knows for sure how this cookie will crumble.

    The best so far

    This is the best book in the series. I'm really glad that all of the books are available now because I can get the next one right away. I'm glad tha..Show More »

    Reviewed on Mar 24 2013 by Beatrice (Houston, TX, United States)
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    Murder of a Real Bad Boy: A Scumble River Mystery, Book 9 | Denise Swanson
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    Murder of a Real Bad Boy: A Scumble River Mystery, Book 9

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    • By Denise Swanson
    • Narrated By Khristine Hvam
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    Still recovering from breaking up with her boyfriend and alienating half the people in town, Skye Denison has sworn off men - but she hires sexy contractor Beau Hamilton to renovate the old house she inherited. After all, who can ignore his qualifications? Golden hair, bronzed chest, muscular thighs - he’s just too good to be true. Sure enough, he has a reputation for conning the ladies. But before the not so nave Skye can fire the hunk, he turns up dead.

    Good performance but the listed narrator is wrong
    Reviewed on Jun 05 2013 by Lillian (Great Neck, NY, United States)
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    Murder of a Botoxed Blonde: A Scumble River Mystery | Denise Swanson
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    Murder of a Botoxed Blonde: A Scumble River Mystery

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    • By Denise Swanson
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    A health spa complete with tofu turkey and "Dress for Sexcess" lectures is the last place school psychologist Skye Denison wants to spend Thanksgiving. But when her best friend Trixie Frayne convinces her to take a complimentary weekend at the new Scumble River Spa, Skye accepts her fate and prepares to be slathered, wrapped, and roasted - until a murder ruins the good time.

    A new spa means a new murder in Scrumble River

    Denise Swanson delivers another solid mystery to a great series. Skye is back with the rest of the Scrumble River characters. A health spa serves as..Show More »

    Reviewed on Apr 26 2013 by Beatrice (Houston, TX, United States)
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    Murder of a Chocolate-Covered Cherry: A Scumble River Mystery | Denise Swanson
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    Murder of a Chocolate-Covered Cherry: A Scumble River Mystery

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    Grandma Sal's Soup-to-Nuts Cooking Challenge is coming to town, and Skye Denison is entering. And though she can't solve the mystery of the perfect mousse, murder is another story. Because a cocky contestant has been found delectably drowned in a chocolate fountain....

    I keep re-listening to the Scumble River Series
    Reviewed on Aug 05 2012 by deanna (EMERYVILLE, CA, United States)
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    Murder of a Royal Pain: A Scumble River Mystery | Denise Swanson
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    Murder of a Royal Pain: A Scumble River Mystery

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    • By Denise Swanson
    • Narrated By Christine Leto
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    When school psychologist Skye Denison stumbles over the body of pushy Promfest chairperson Annette Paine during a Halloween fundraiser, it looks like a clear-cut case of promicide. Annette was not the only prom mom desperate to see her daughter crowned queen. But she was also wearing the same witch costume as Skye, so which witch was the intended victim?

    Best in the series!
    Reviewed on Aug 05 2012 by deanna (EMERYVILLE, CA, United States)
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    Murder of a Wedding Belle: A Scumble River Mystery | Denise Swanson
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    Murder of a Wedding Belle: A Scumble River Mystery

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    • By Denise Swanson
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    School psychologist Skye Denison reluctantly agrees to act as maid of honor in her California cousin's over-the-top platinum-style wedding - and is also expected to assist the control-freak wedding planner. But when Skye discovers the planner dead, just one week before the big event, Skye is suddenly working double-duty.

    One of my favorite in the Scumble River Series
    Reviewed on Feb 09 2013 by deanna (EMERYVILLE, CA, United States)
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    Murder of a Bookstore Babe: A Scumble River Mystery | Denise Swanson
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    Murder of a Bookstore Babe: A Scumble River Mystery

    • UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 12 mins)
    • By Denise Swanson
    • Narrated By Christine Leto
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    While school psychologist Skye Denison eagerly anticipates the grand opening of a new bookstore called Tales Dropping off some books at Tales & Treats, many of Scumble River's most outspoken citizens want to shut down the owners before they even open - and one is angry enough to commit murder....

    funny and twisting plot

    This is the first book by Denise Swanson. I love murder mysteries. Some go way on the dark side. Swanson's Murder of a Bookstore Babe is a lighthea..Show More »

    Reviewed on Nov 13 2011 by cynthia (MOYOCK, NORTH CAROLINA, United States)
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    Murder of a Creped Suzette: A Scumble River Mystery, Book 14 | Denise Swanson
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    Murder of a Creped Suzette: A Scumble River Mystery, Book 14

    • UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 41 mins)
    • By Denise Swanson
    • Narrated By Christine Leto
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    When megamillionaire and imitation cowboy Rex Taylor proposes building a country music theater in Scumble River, everyone’s ready to do the boot-scootin’ boogie except school psychologist Skye Denison. She’s been asked by Suzette Neal, Rex’s assistant and a rising country star, to investigate her mother’s suspicious death twenty-seven years earlier. No sooner does Skye agree to help than she finds Suzette literally flattened — and very dead.

    Awesome Read
    Reviewed on May 07 2012 by Janet (Frost, TX, United States)
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    Murder of the Cat's Meow: A Scumble River Mystery, Book 15 | Denise Swanson
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    Murder of the Cat's Meow: A Scumble River Mystery, Book 15

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    • By Denise Swanson
    • Narrated By Christine Leto
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    When ex–Vegas showgirl and local business owner Bunny Reid starts an online dating service called Cupid’s Cat’s Meow, out-of-town visitors flock to her bowling alley for the speed dating and cat show events that she hosts to bring in extra cash. Bunny’s scheme sounds harmless enough, but school psychologist Skye Denison knows all too well that an influx of strangers in Scumble River always spells trouble….

    Good, but not her best story.

    This latest installment of the continuing saga of Skye and Scumble River is a good listen, but definitely not her best work.

    The plot was rat..Show More »

    Reviewed on Oct 08 2012 by Nancy (St Charles, MO, United States)